一部记述伊拉克战争前后美国情势的纪录片。美国因何成为恐怖分子的袭击目标？为何乐于卷入战争？乔治布什的政策与9•11事件的爆发有何联系？而他和本•拉登之间关系怎样演变至宿敌？片中用真实的历史场景，从某个侧面提供了一种解读方式。 　　除了关注美国国内，镜头也对准了伊拉克战场。厌倦了战争的美国士兵、被耻笑的伊拉克俘虏、饱受战乱之苦的当地人民，人人都在这场战争遭受着不同的痛苦和煎熬。美军家中的善良母亲，准备去前线服役的热血青年，都对布什的政策、对伊拉克战争，开始沉重的思考。Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction - to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S.A. and it's citizens from almost every country on Earth.